Chapter 10Dual mentors
Figure 10.1 Jacob Redmon–The mentors of mind and mission sometimes work well together while others do not.
Character credits: George McFly, Marty McFly and Dr. Emmett Brown (Back to the Future, Universal Pictures); Chris, Sgt. Barnes, Sgt. Elias (Platoon, Orion, MGM); Will, Sean, and Dr. Gerard Lambeau (Good Will Hunting, Miramax, Walt Disney Studios)
“Our chief want in life is somebody who will make us do what we can.”
–Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872)
When a script has two separate mentors, these two mentors usually personify the two aspects of learning how to complete the outer journey: mission and mindset. That duality ...
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